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Issue Details

Issue #38
Published September 1987
Frequency monthly
Cover Price 1.50 USD; 2.10 CAD
Pages 36
Editing Karen Berger

Cover Details - "The Greatest Hero of Them All"

Characters Superboy (Pocket Universe); Legion of Super-Heroes
Genre Superhero
Pencils Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Inks Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Colors Bill Sienkiewicz (signed)
Letters typeset
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #4

1 page Meanwhile... text article "Meanwhile... [A Great Job]; September Deluxe Checklist"

Script Dick Giordano
Letters typeset
Notes Dick Giordano talks about how great his job is. Checklist for DC Deluxe comics for September 1993.

27 page Legion of Super-Heroes story "The Greatest Hero of Them All"

Characters Legion of Super-Heroes [Blok; Brainiac 5; Chameleon Boy; Colossal Boy; Cosmic Boy; Dawnstar; Dream Girl; Element Lad; Invisible Kid [Jacques Foccart]; Lightning Lass; Magnetic Kid; Mon-El; Phantom Girl; Polar Boy; Quislet; Saturn Girl; Sensor Girl; Shadow Lass; Shrinking Violet; Sun Boy; Tellus; Timber Wolf; Ultra Boy; White Witch; Wildfire]; Night Girl; Superboy (Pocket Universe) (dies); Lana Lang (Pocket Universe); Pete Ross (Pocket Universe); Martha Kent (Pocket Universe); Jonathan Kent (Pocket Universe); Lightning Lad (cameo); Bouncing Boy (cameo); Duo Damsel (cameo); Star Boy (cameo); Matter-Eater Lad (cameo); Time Trapper
Synopsis The death of Superboy.
Genre Superhero
Script Paul Levitz
Pencils Greg LaRocque
Inks Mike DeCarlo; Arne Starr (ink assist)
Colors Carl Gafford
Letters John Costanza
Notes Story continued from Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #591.
Reprinted in Superman: The Man of Steel (DC, 2003 series) #4

2 page Legion Outpost letters page "Legion Outpost"

Script Paul Levitz
Letters typeset
Notes Letters from readers - Anthony Gallagher, Kevin Leahy, T.M. Maple, Stewart Landers and Ryan Lee - and responses from Paul Levitz.